Shut Up, Just Shut Up!!

But the Dark Lord was willing to give them this chance, to make up for failing their future young master!"

"Yes!"

"Understood!"

Snape and Bellatrix replied loudly.

Meanwhile.

Harry and the others, still on the run, were going through hardships unlike anything they had ever experienced.

They had begun going hungry and constantly changing locations.

Death Eaters were always chasing after them.

Several times, they had nearly been caught by the Death Eaters.

Hermione was doing all right.

Ever since learning that Darren was still alive, she had been much better.

She said she believed Darren would definitely find a way out of their predicament.

Of course, perhaps Darren's words had encouraged her as well: as long as they were alive, there was still hope.

Harry was doing all right too.

At the Dursleys', he had endured endless cold stares and mockery. Going hungry was practically a given.

Though he had never gone hungry for this long, he seemed able to bear it.

But Ron was different.

His family might not have had much money, but his mother had always treated him well.

He had basically never suffered much hardship in daily life.

He was used to Mrs. Weasley taking care of his three meals a day, used to the delicacies made by House-elves.

He simply could not stand the stuff Hermione made that could only barely be called filling.

Especially after they began taking turns wearing the Obscurus. Whenever Ron wore it and then went hungry, he became even more prone to losing his temper.

His catchphrases had started becoming, "Where exactly are we going? Do we even have a goal?"

"What exactly are you two doing?"

Shut Up, Shut Up Now!!

Ron spent more and more of his time doing nothing but throwing tantrums, while only Harry and